USConvicted Russian 'agent' Butina appeals prison sentence

04:15 16 may 2019

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Convicted Russian agent Butina appeals for money

A Russian gun rights activist serving a U.S. prison sentence for acting as an unregistered foreign agent has released a video asking for money to help pay her legal costs.Maria Butina was sentenced in April to 18 months after she admitted gathering intelligence on the National Rifle Association and other groups at the direction of a former Russian lawmaker. In the video that appeared on social media, Butina speaks on a phone in a dormitory with bunk beds. She says her lawyer is filing an appeal and she asks for contributions to help pay him.

Maria Butina , the only Russian arrested and convicted in the three-year investigation of Moscow's interference in US politics, filed an appeal Wednesday against her 18-month prison sentence . The 30-year-old Russian gun activist, who built a network of high-powered Republican contacts in what she.

CNN's Sara Murray spoke with Maria Butina before the admitted Russian agent was sentenced to 18 months in prison , a move Russia is calling politically

Maria Butina, the only Russian arrested and convicted in the three-year investigation of Moscow's interference in US politics, filed an appeal Wednesday against her 18-month prison sentence.

The 30-year-old Russian gun activist, who built a network of high-powered Republican contacts in what she called a quest to establish better relations between the two countries, was stunned in April when a Washington court handed down the stiff sentence instead of expelling her from the country as expected.

Butina saw US political analysis as 'valuable' to Russia

A Russian gun rights activist who admitted she was a secret agent for the Kremlin and tried to infiltrate conservative U.S. political groups while Donald Trump rose to power says she believed her notes and analysis would be "valuable" for Russian officials. require(["medianetNativeAdOnArticle"], function (medianetNativeAdOnArticle)
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A Russian agent who tried to infiltrate US political groups has been sentenced to 18 months in prison , telling the court: "I destroyed my own life." Maria Butina tried to insinuate herself into the National Rifle Association (NRA) in an effort to sway American policies in favour of Moscow. After pleading not guilty

Maria Butina , who was indicted on a charge of conspiracy to influence American politics, pleaded guilty and is working with prosecutors. USA TODAY.

Butina pleaded guilty in December to acting as an agent of a foreign government without registering -- a so-called "espionage-lite" charge the US has used against alleged Russian spies.

Prosecutors say that although she was not an employee of any of Moscow's spy services, she knowingly took part in an operation to "spot and assess" potential US espionage targets.

From 2013 to 2017, she parlayed her ties to the powerful US NRA gun lobby and a personal relationship with a Republican and NRA operative to develop high-level contacts in the Republican Party, coming into contact with President Donald Trump before he was elected as well as with one of Trump's sons.

She said she was only in the United States to attend graduate school and to help strengthen US-Russia relations, and told Russian reporters after her sentencing hearing last month that her punishment was "absurd."

"I did not expect such a severe punishment," she said.

"This is absolutely absurd. This is a huge disgrace for the US justice system."

In an interview from jail with the US NPR radio network last week, she said she had been involved in "civil diplomacy."

"I never hide my love to my motherland neither to this country... I love both countries, and I was building peace."

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